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nocoverart · 21-12-2012 10:34pm

Sertus wrote: »

Can anyone suggest a couple of really excellent films worth checking out on Irish netflix ?

Oops forgot ta quote LOL

Sertus · 21-12-2012 10:40pm

nocoverart wrote: »

I thought Shame was very good! if you don't mind subtitles Sin Nombre is also very good. Indie Game: The Movie is a very well made documentary. Just a few random films that are worthy of a mention.

Thanks man, I'll check those out

grimm2005 · 22-12-2012 12:32am

Sertus wrote: »

Thanks man, I'll check those out

As mentioned earlier in the thread Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil is a very enjoyable film. Requiem for a Dream is extremely bleak and depressing but a very good film. And then of course you have some of the big ones like Sin City, Saving Private Ryan etc. Jackass 3 and 21 Jump Street are good fun if you don't want anything too serious. 50/50 is funny but also deals with a serious subject matter, it doesn't get too heavy though and I enjoyed it a lot. Finally, I'd really recommend Drive, a film which seems to have polarized opinion around here but I loved it myself.

Might find something in that lot!

Niska · 22-12-2012 8:33pm

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Watched The Woman In Black last night. Old fashioned ghost story - pretty good. Stars Daniel Radcliffe and Ciaran Hinds.

flazio · 22-12-2012 8:53pm

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Been watching Avatar: The Last Airbender (also known as The Legend of Aang) Excellent cartoon, just the right blend of silly for the kids and serious for us approaching 30 geeks. Well worth a look, especially if you were a fan of the animated Batman back in the day. You may here a familiar laugh.
But the movie 'The Last Airbender' is probably best left alone.

ciaran76 · 22-12-2012 9:45pm

Just watched The Man from Earth on the US Netflix and if you were a fan if the Twilight Zone I think you may like this.

Not the best acting ever but a very interesting story. It's either you love it or hate it really.

NapoleonInRags · 23-12-2012 1:23pm

nocoverart wrote: »

I thought Shame was very good! if you don't mind subtitles Sin Nombre is also very good. Indie Game: The Movie is a very well made documentary. Just a few random films that are worthy of a mention.

+1 for Sin Nombre, excellent flick

Technocentral · 23-12-2012 6:30pm

Watched a very enjoyable, if slight, "Western" called Appaloosa last night on Canadian Flix. Directed by and starring Ed Harris, its a quite funny "buddy" film about two guys (Harris and Viggo Mortensen, both excellent) who hire themselves out as deputies to clean up violent towns, a bit of a cliched storyline of course, but handled very well with a light directorial touch from Harris, who has nearly as much strife picking out curtain material for his new house on the insistence of his prospective wife as he does with local evildoers, you'd never see Wayne doing that

. Great support also from Jeremy Irons playing the local big baddie and funnily enough, Timothy Spall as the local town council type who hires them.

the whole year inn · 24-12-2012 3:01am

Watched a very good documentry "Aileen A Life and Death of a Serial Killer" ,I thought it was very slow to start but enjoyed it all the same.It about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who began her murder spree in 1992. A highway prostitute at the age of 13, Wuornos was convicted of killing six truck drivers who she insisted tried to rape her.She on death row.

I ve never seen "Monster" but will give it a look now after this

_Whimsical_ · 24-12-2012 3:04am

I recommend the hour long video of a crackling log fire that can be found in their festive section. Put it on to ridicule it ,leave it on because after a few minutes its strangely nice and festive...:o

delta_bravo · 24-12-2012 3:11am

Not really festive viewing but I highly recommend the documentary "the bridge". It tells the story of various people that have or tried to end their life by jumping off the golden gate bridge. It includes footage of the actual attempts and interviews with family and friends. Very poignant and moving.

shortys94 · 25-12-2012 2:32pm

Just watched Humboldt County, gotta say its a really good movie, check it out if you can, about a very uptight medical student who discovers an alternate lifestyle in California along with some really humble personalities.

Tipsy McSwagger · 25-12-2012 10:37pm

The West Wing is on US Netflix now.

sweetie · 26-12-2012 1:30am

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Take this waltz by Sarah polley featuring Seth rogen and Michelle Williams.

grimm2005 · 26-12-2012 3:51am

Just noticed "Girls with Low Self Esteem" from Arrested Development was added recently on US Netflix. Turns out they've added a bunch of fake shows/movies that were mentioned in Arrested Development in the past which just link to the episode where it's mentioned.

Pretty amusing, obviously the beginning of marketing for the forthcoming new series.

http://jezebel.com/5970014/netflix-sort-of-releases-les-cousins-dangereux-girls-with-low-self+esteem-and-other-arrested-development-favorites

Sertus · 26-12-2012 5:53pm

Any chance could should start a thread for Irish netflix, most of the chat here is for US netflix.

Technocentral · 26-12-2012 11:01pm

Sertus wrote: »

Any chance could should start a thread for Irish netflix, most of the chat here is for US netflix.

Why have a weekend in Courtown when you could have a fortnight in the Seychelles for the same price?

krudler · 27-12-2012 4:01am

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

The West Wing is on US Netflix now.

Been meaning to watch this for donkeys years, nows my chance

Tipsy McSwagger · 27-12-2012 10:11am

krudler wrote: »

Been meaning to watch this for donkeys years, nows my chance

Me too. Watched the first episode last night and the presidents entrance is a classic. I actually had my brand new Raiders of the Lost Ark blu ray in the PS3 ready to play but watched The West Wing instead

Technocentral · 27-12-2012 2:57pm

krudler wrote: »

Been meaning to watch this for donkeys years, nows my chance

Same here, in the first two episodes the characters are so unlikable I wasn't going to bother, but then after watching 3 and now 4 I'm really getting into it!

johnny_ultimate · 27-12-2012 3:17pm

The West Wing addiction will set in quickly - it's a show to really gorge on.

Just watch out for the nasty Season 5 and the departure of Aaron Sorkin. Never seen a show take such a massive quality dive (although 'The Supremes' is one of the show's best episodes). Luckily it establishes a new and effective identity in season six and seven.

Sertus wrote: »

Any chance could should start a thread for Irish netflix, most of the chat here is for US netflix.

This has come up before, and we don't see any need to start another recommendations thread (there's overlap between this and 'what have you watched recently' already). As long as the country is flagged correctly, I don't see any problem. More posters starting to proactively recommending stuff from the Irish catalogue would be a postive step

Sertus · 27-12-2012 3:58pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

More posters starting to proactively recommending stuff from the Irish catalogue would be a positive step

That's where I coming from. I stopped using this thread because of it, and I imagine its off putting to other Irish Netflix users as well.

The vast majority of recommendations here are for US netflix. Now, I've no problem with people who hack US netflix or live in the USA, that's their own personal choice/morality. I don't live in the USA and I prefer to stay honest about it, and that's my own personal choice/morality. I'm just saying the people who would prefer to use Irish netflix, would prefer not having to wade through US netflix recommendations to find a few Irish ones. Look rather than start any conflict here, I'll just open an Irish Netflix thread.

27-12-2012 4:04pm

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Sertus wrote: »

That's where I coming from. I stopped using this thread because of it, and I imagine its off putting to other Irish Netflix users as well.

The vast majority of recommendations here are for US netflix. Now, I've no problem with people who hack US netflix or live in the USA, that's their own personal choice/morality. I don't live in the USA and I prefer to stay honest about it, and that's my own personal choice/morality. I'm just saying the people who would prefer to use Irish netflix, would prefer not having to wade through US netflix recommendations to find a few Irish ones. Look rather than start any conflict here, I'll just open an Irish Netflix thread.

There is no question of morality or honesty involved. Bypassing the region restriction is completely legal and Netflix couldn't give a damn about their customers doing so. They could easily stop it but recognise that it's a massive revenue stream for them.

Just so you know Johnny is a mod and as such when he says there is no need for a thread you take that as gospel. Going ahead and opening a thread when you were told not to means it may got locked rather quickly.

krudler · 27-12-2012 4:20pm

Sertus wrote: »

That's where I coming from. I stopped using this thread because of it, and I imagine its off putting to other Irish Netflix users as well.

The vast majority of recommendations here are for US netflix. Now, I've no problem with people who hack US netflix or live in the USA, that's their own personal choice/morality. I don't live in the USA and I prefer to stay honest about it, and that's my own personal choice/morality. I'm just saying the people who would prefer to use Irish netflix, would prefer not having to wade through US netflix recommendations to find a few Irish ones. Look rather than start any conflict here, I'll just open an Irish Netflix thread.

"hack" netflix? there's no hacking involved its a simple numbers change, netflix know well that people do it too, the US one is far better anyway

krudler · 27-12-2012 4:24pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The West Wing addiction will set in quickly - it's a show to really gorge on.

Just watch out for the nasty Season 5 and the departure of Aaron Sorkin. Never seen a show take such a massive quality dive (although 'The Supremes' is one of the show's best episodes). Luckily it establishes a new and effective identity in season six and seven.

Did you watch any of The Newsroom? watched the first few episodes but it didn't seem to know what it wanted to be, and the usage of real life news stories was odd, became all shoulda coulda woulda about real life events.

Sorkin's stuff his hit and miss, he re-uses his own dialogue constantly and everyone talks like they're reading from a script, you'd never get a real life situation where so many people in one place have razor sharp wit and verbosity :pac:

johnny_ultimate · 27-12-2012 4:37pm

Sertus wrote: »

That's where I coming from. I stopped using this thread because of it, and I imagine its off putting to other Irish Netflix users as well.

The vast majority of recommendations here are for US netflix. Now, I've no problem with people who hack US netflix or live in the USA, that's their own personal choice/morality. I don't live in the USA and I prefer to stay honest about it, and that's my own personal choice/morality. I'm just saying the people who would prefer to use Irish netflix, would prefer not having to wade through US netflix recommendations to find a few Irish ones. Look rather than start any conflict here, I'll just open an Irish Netflix thread.

We've had this discussion before, and really we just don't want the forum getting clogged up with recommendations threads. Netflix is just a service provider at the end of the day, and recommendations - Irish or US - are going to be available elsewhere if you want to track down the films in question.

Again, as long as the recommendations are clearly flagged as Irish, US or whatever, I really cannot see the need for two threads when one will suffice. It's just too messy, and since there's only limited discussion potential in the threads, we'd prefer to encourage threads with more room for debate.

Sertus · 27-12-2012 4:45pm

As I said, I've no issue with those who want to excuse their access to US Netflix, that's their own issue, but there should be an alternative for people who don't want to go down that route. Anyways, clearly any discussions, questions or threads by people who want to stay above board is not welcome here, so i'll leave you to your activities.

Johnny The Fox · 27-12-2012 5:07pm

Sertus wrote: »

As I said, I've no issue with those who want to excuse their access to US Netflix, that's their own issue, but there should be an alternative for people who don't want to go down that route. Anyways, clearly any discussions, questions or threads by people who want to stay above board is not welcome here, so i'll leave you to your activities.

Get off your high horse big boy!

Technocentral · 27-12-2012 5:11pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The West Wing addiction will set in quickly - it's a show to really gorge on.

Just watch out for the nasty Season 5 and the departure of Aaron Sorkin. Never seen a show take such a massive quality dive (although 'The Supremes' is one of the show's best episodes). Luckily it establishes a new and effective identity in season six and seven.

This has come up before, and we don't see any need to start another recommendations thread (there's overlap between this and 'what have you watched recently' already). As long as the country is flagged correctly, I don't see any problem. More posters starting to proactively recommending stuff from the Irish catalogue would be a postive step

Of course I was aware of its huge reputation but probably missed it on tv back in the days before easy recording and access and only seen a 3rd season episode and thought there's no point in watching it because I missed the first two seasons, but yeah of course its great once you get into it.

F1ngers · 27-12-2012 5:12pm

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

The West Wing is on US Netflix now.

Just saw this on their twitter feed, probably watch that after The Wire

Sertus wrote: »

Any chance could should start a thread for Irish netflix, most of the chat here is for US netflix.

What device are you using to watch netflix?

Mickeroo · 27-12-2012 5:16pm

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Sertus wrote: »

As I said, I've no issue with those who want to excuse their access to US Netflix, that's their own issue, but there should be an alternative for people who don't want to go down that route. Anyways, clearly any discussions, questions or threads by people who want to stay above board is not welcome here, so i'll leave you to your activities.

Nobody's excusing anything, its a service I pay for. It's freely advertised across the internet on the likes of facebook etc. Frankly I don't see why anyone wouldn't use it, but if you don't want to thats your choice.

Besides, there's plenty of films recommended on Irish Netflix on this thread. I only have to go back two pages to see about 12 film recommendations directly to you.

Technocentral · 27-12-2012 5:18pm

Sertus wrote: »

As I said, I've no issue with those who want to excuse their access to US Netflix, that's their own issue, but there should be an alternative for people who don't want to go down that route. Anyways, clearly any discussions, questions or threads by people who want to stay above board is not welcome here, so i'll leave you to your activities.

This has come up a number of times before, as long as people say which version a particular programme is on its not an issue, all comments are welcome here but judging people over petty shˆte like DNS's isnt.

johnny_ultimate · 27-12-2012 5:21pm

Sertus wrote: »

As I said, I've no issue with those who want to excuse their access to US Netflix, that's their own issue, but there should be an alternative for people who don't want to go down that route. Anyways, clearly any discussions, questions or threads by people who want to stay above board is not welcome here, so i'll leave you to your activities.

Actually, we take great pains to ensure this forum is extremely anti-piracy, and are always encouraging legitimate means of film viewing. If you want to recommend films here from Irish Netflix, I honestly fail to see what's stopping you? There's hundreds of posts in this very thread doing just that.

Anyway, everyone let's get back on topic please. Cheers.

MyBrokenKnees · 27-12-2012 11:13pm

Back to Movies Netflix Ireland. I watched Act of Valour a movie made with real Navy Seals. Sadly it is very bad even for a B movie.

johnny_ultimate · 27-12-2012 11:53pm

I've deleted the last few off-topic posts. Recommendations (and discussion of the recommended films / TV shows) only from here on out please, as is the thread's purpose. Cheers

Technocentral · 28-12-2012 1:16am

MyBrokenKnees wrote: »

Back to Movies Netflix Ireland. I watched Act of Valour a movie made with real Navy Seals. Sadly it is very bad even for a B movie.

Not to mention horrible, pro military propaganda.

krudler · 28-12-2012 10:08am

I tried to watch The Story Of Film, it looks really interesting, but that guy narrating it is horrendous, that drawling Nordie accent is beyond irritating, turned it off after a few mins

Bellu · 28-12-2012 10:21am

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sweetie · 28-12-2012 11:38am

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Enjoyed young adult on us Netflix. Charlize theron Patton oswalt Written by Diablo Cody.

krudler · 28-12-2012 11:47am

sweetie wrote: »

Enjoyed young adult on us Netflix. Charlize theron Patton oswalt Written by Diablo Cody.

I quite enjoyed that, depsite my abject hatred of Cody's scriptwriting, Theron and Oswalt are both excellent in it.

Technocentral · 28-12-2012 12:39pm

krudler wrote: »

I tried to watch The Story Of Film, it looks really interesting, but that guy narrating it is horrendous, that drawling Nordie accent is beyond irritating, turned it off after a few mins

Well worth watching, the best television history of film ever, I discovered a load of amazing stuff I had never heard of, personally I didn't mind his accent because the content was so stunning.

krudler · 28-12-2012 1:42pm

Technocentral wrote: »

Well worth watching, the best television history of film ever, I discovered a load of amazing stuff I had never heard of, personally I didn't mind his accent because the content was so stunning.

He just sounds so boooring, least guys like Mark Kermode seem interested in what they're narrating.

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krudler wrote: »

I tried to watch The Story Of Film, it looks really interesting, but that guy narrating it is horrendous, that drawling Nordie accent is beyond irritating, turned it off after a few mins

He takes a bit of getting used to but beleive me any film fan is in for a treat if they keep going with it.

krudler · 28-12-2012 4:04pm

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He takes a bit of getting used to but beleive me any film fan is in for a treat if they keep going with it.

I watched some of the 70's episode and it was like Daniel O'Donnell was talking about Taxi Driver. "Hare's wee Travis Bickle"

nocoverart · 29-12-2012 2:30pm

Jeff, Who lives at Home on U.S Netflix now. Personally thought this was a great little film.

johnny_ultimate · 29-12-2012 3:46pm

nocoverart wrote: »

Jeff, Who lives at Home on U.S Netflix now. Personally thought this was a great little film.

The Duplasses other recent release (although made several years ago) The Do-Deca-Pentathlon has also been added. I preferred it to Jeff... - it's a very small and straightforward film, but endearing because of it. My only major issue with it is the wife character being underwritten, but otherwise a fun and effective little film about two middle-aged, estranged brothers getting involved in a ludicrous sporting competition.

Dozen Wicked Words · 29-12-2012 5:27pm

sweetie wrote: »

Enjoyed young adult on us Netflix. Charlize theron Patton oswalt Written by Diablo Cody.

A couple of people I know enjoyed it too, so I think I am in the minority but just didn't like it. I'm not a fan of Theron though, so maybe I didn't give it a chance and watched it expecting not to like it.

krudler · 29-12-2012 10:54pm

Decided to give The Story Of Film a chance, its great, despite the narration

Josey Wales · 29-12-2012 11:01pm

I watched Galaxy Quest on the Canadian Netflix the other night. I'd always heard it was good and it was. Super smart parody of Star Trek.

krudler · 29-12-2012 11:06pm

Josey Wales wrote: »

I watched Galaxy Quest on the Canadian Netflix the other night. I'd always heard it was good and it was. Super smart parody of Star Trek.

Love that movie, really funny

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